The Central Store is a file location that is checked by the Group Policy tools and it is a folder structure created in the “Sysvol” directory on the domain controllers in each domain in your organization. You will need to create the central store only once on a single domain controller for each domain in your organization. The File Replication service then replicates the central store to all domain controllers. In this article, I will walk you through how to “fix an appropriate resource file could not be found for the file for BitLocker Management: The system can not find the file specified”. Please see how to create the central store for Group Policy Administrative Templates, and how to fix Error: Administrative templates retrieved from the local computer does not show up.
It is recommended that you create the central store on the primary domain controller. This is because the Group Policy Management Console and Group Policy Object Editor connect to the primary domain controller by default. The central store consists of a root-level folder. This contains all language-neutral ADMX files and subfolders containing the language-specific ADMX resource files.
The ADMX file defines the Group Policy settings. The ADML file contains the language to be used with the file. This means the ADMX file can easily be used with any language assuming an ADML file for the language exists. Please see the image below for more information on this error. Please see What are the differences between an ADM and ADMX file.
For more information about the difference between an ADM and ADMX file. Please see What are the differences between an ADM and ADMX file. How to create a central store for Group Policy Administrative Templates.
The root cause of “An appropriate resource file could not be found for the file for BitLocker Management”
The reason for this error is that the appropriate ADML files were not copied as well to right location below. Here is how a similar error for LAPS: Fix an appropriate resource file could not be found for LAPS.
C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\Techdirectarchive.local\Policies\PolicyDefinitions
The solution to resolving “An appropriate resource file could not be found for the file”
Ensure to copy the appropriate ADML files for the ADMX files you wish also to the sysvol folder. We already have the ADMX files, we will have to update the ADML files in the following location as well.
C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\Techdirectarchive.local\Policies\PolicyDefinitions
All settings for MBAM client deployments are configured through Group Policy. You need to update your policy central store with the MBAM ADMX policy files which can be downloaded from Microsoft
Now, you should be able to create your policies without errors as shown below. Please see how to fix unable to find File Explorer in the Group Policy Editor when resolving the security tab missing under properties.
I hope you found this blog post helpful on how to fix an appropriate resource file could not be found for the file for BitLocker Management. The system can not find the file specified. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session.